The nuclear disaster in Japan will not deter Armenia’s government from building a new nuclear plant in place of the aging facility at Metsamor, Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian said on Wednesday.
Armenia’s leading environmental campaigners have voiced renewed concerns about the safety of the nuclear power plant at Metsamor, pointing to the nuclear crisis that has struck Japan following a devastating earthquake and tsunami.
Parliament deputies from the opposition Zharangutyun (Heritage) party said on Friday that they will take legal action against the Armenian police for using force against them during a protest outside the main government building in Yerevan.
Karen Andreasian, a 33-year-old lawyer and former television host, was elected and sworn in as Armenia’s new state human rights ombudsman on Wednesday.
Lawmakers representing the opposition Zharangutyun (Heritage) party demonstratively walked out of Armenia’s parliament on Monday, accusing President Serzh Sarkisian of seeking to illegally prolong his rule.
A pro-opposition Armenian newspaper offered on Friday to settle a libel lawsuit filed by former President Robert Kocharian’s family over reports implicating it in large-scale business activities.
The ruling Republican Party (HHK) has nominated a 33-year-old lawyer and former television host for the vacant post of Armenia’s human rights ombudsman, it was announced on Thursday.
Armenia acquired “unprecedented” quantities of modern weaponry last year and will continue the military build-up in 2011, Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian announced on Tuesday.
The Armenian National Congress (HAK) might defy a government ban and lead supporters to Yerevan’s Liberty Square during its next rally scheduled for March 1, according to a leading member of the opposition alliance.
The Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK), a key member of the ruling coalition, remained reluctant to endorse President Serzh Sarkisian’s anticipated reelection bid on Friday despite what appeared to be growing pressure from his Republican Party (HHK).
The Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) has officially urged its junior partners in the governing coalition to already formulate a common position on the 2013 presidential election to be contested by its leader, President Serzh Sarkisian, it emerged on Wednesday.
Raffi Hovannisian, the U.S.-born leader of the opposition Zharangutyun (Heritage) party, has voiced serious misgivings about the idea of setting up a new house of Armenia’s parliament where representatives of the worldwide Armenian Diaspora would be able to hold seats.
Parliament speaker Hovik Abrahamian on Monday did not rule out his early resignation but denied having any major differences with President Serzh Sarkisian and his Republican Party of Armenia (HHK).
Armenia will send more military personnel to Afghanistan next year to train the war-torn country’s armed forces, military officials in Yerevan said on Tuesday.
Another member of the Armenian opposition jailed on charges stemming from the 2008 post-election unrest in Yerevan was granted parole and released on Monday after spending about a third of his seven-year prison term.
The municipal authorities are persisting in refusing to allow the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) to hold rallies in Yerevan’s Liberty Square, a leader of the opposition alliance said on Thursday.
A well-known Armenian opposition figure was set free on Wednesday after spending over two and a half years in prison on controversial charges stemming from the 2008 post-election unrest in Yerevan.
A key opposition party aligned in Levon Ter-Petrosian’s Armenian National Congress (HAK) confirmed on Tuesday that 26 members of its youth wing have resigned for what it described as unclear reasons.
The Armenian government on Tuesday dismissed Azerbaijan’s claims that Armenian soldiers remaining in Azerbaijani captivity are unwilling to return home.
Armenia will abide by the agreement reached with Azerbaijan regarding the exchange of prisoners or war and the bodies of people killed as a result of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, according to the country’s Defense Ministry.
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